Web Digital Accessibility Engineer

Job Title: Web Digital Accessibility Engineer

Location: Frankfort, KY (Remote)

Duration: Long-Term Contract with benefits.

Job Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a subject matter resource on digital accessibility standards and user experience best practices for websites and digital documents.
• Remediation of existing digital documents to comply with accessibility standards, with a focus on complex PDFs.
• Evaluation, posting, and editing website content for accessibility compliance, and collaborating with website editors and staff on web accessibility improvements.
• Conduct troubleshooting or training sessions with website editors and staff working on web and web document accessibility
• Collaborate with staff who create new documents to ensure compliance with accessibility requirements and best practices.
• Assist communications manager with tracking progress toward the goal of full web and document remediation by 12/31/26.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of recent, relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Acrobat Pro, including accessible document best practices.
• At least one year of experience in remediating PDF documents for accessibility.
• Strong understanding of accessibility laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 and 508, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0/2.1 level AA standards.
• Working knowledge of screen reader technology, such as NVDA, color contrast analyzers, and other accessibility tools.
• Posses effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to work both independently and in conjunction with team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Kentucky Healthcare Programs, such as Medicaid
• Working knowledge of Canva, with a focus on accessible document creation
• Experience with creating, editing, or managing web content using a web content management system, such as Microsoft SharePoint
• Experience with creating accessible social media content.